1964 photo of downtown Oklahoma City at Christmas brings back memories

Oklahoma City man’s widow recalls him turning downtown Christmas lights on and off every night during the season for years.

 
BY LILLIE-BETH BRINKMAN | Published: December 24, 2010   
photo - This 1964 photo of Oklahoma City’s Main Street, decorated for Christmas, prompted Barbara Campbell to call The Oklahoman and reminisce about her husband working with these lights every holiday season for years. OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE photo
This 1964 photo of Oklahoma City’s Main Street, decorated for Christmas, prompted Barbara Campbell to call The Oklahoman and reminisce about her husband working with these lights every holiday season for years. OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE photo

When Barbara Campbell opened The Oklahoman this week and saw a photo of downtown Oklahoma City during Christmas 1964, it felt like a Christmas card from her husband, who died in January.

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“I just appreciate it so much,” she said of the photo that was in Mary Phillips’ Archivist column Tuesday.

“It’s just one of those tender mercies that...
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